Contractor pre-qualification scheme

We've teamed up with other councils and SHE Software NZ Ltd to develop a new pre-qualification process.

This will ensure councils are using contractors who operate with effective health and safety management systems and hold current and relevant insurances.

This system will help us meet our responsibilities to ensure that contractors working for, or on Council assets and/or supplying services, have effective health and safety management systems. This is in an effort to prevent harm to people and the environment or damage to property.

Benefits to contractors include:

an easier system that will enable contractors to be pre-qualified for multiple councils through one process

improved relationships between contractors and councils

contributing to the WorkSafe New Zealand’s statement of intent strategy to reduce injuries by 2020

This process requires contractors and sub-contractors who carry out services for councils, to apply to become pre-qualified every 2 years, with insurance renewals done annually. If these expire in the system, councils may not allow you to carry out work for them until renewals are received.

The application is simple to follow, with recognition for those who have health and safety accreditation.